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FXUS62 KMLB 261356
AFDMLB

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
955 AM EDT SUN OCT 26 2008

.DISCUSSION...
OLD FRONT HAS PUSHED INTO THE FL STRAITS...LEAVING LITTLE MORE THAN 
A THIN LYR OF POST-FRONTAL STRATOCU OVER THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION. 
MORNING SOUNDINGS SHOW VERY LOW PW AIR UPSTREAM WITH READINGS 
RANGING FROM 0.3" AT KTBW TO 0.5" AT KTAE.  SKIES SHOULD CLEAR 
COMPLETELY THRU THE AFTN AS DLM W/NW FLOW OVER THE REGION PUSHES 
THIS LOW PW AIR DOWN THE PENINSULA.

WILL REMOVE ALL POPS FROM THE FCST WITH THE MORNING UPDATE. ALSO 
WILL LOWER SKY COVER TO NIL OVER MOST OF THE CWA GIVEN THE RAPID 
CLEARING ASSOCD WITH THE DRY AIR. 

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.AVIATION...
VFR ALL SITES THRU 27/12Z.

&&

.MARINE...
LATEST BUOY OBS MEASURING SEAS 3-5FT OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS... 
5-6FT OFFSHORE...MUCH OF WHICH IS MADE UP OF A LONG PD SWELL.   
NWRLY WINDS BLOWING AGAINST THE SRLY OCEAN CURRENT WILL GENERATE 
HIGHER SEAS IN THE GULF STREAM THIS AFTN.  WILL EXTEND THE SCA FOR 
THE OFFSHORE WATERS AS WELL AS THE NEARSHORE LEG BTWN SEBASTIAN 
INLET AND JUPITER INLET DUE TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF CHOPPY SEAS.  

&&

.MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING 
     FOR COASTAL VOLUSIA-INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-
     OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN LAKE.

AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR COASTAL 
     WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
     WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 
     TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER 
     INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD 
     COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.

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BRAGAW